Indonesia wary about US sanctions proposal

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Indonesia wary about US sanctions proposal

Indonesia continued to question the United States’ proposed resolution to ask the United Nations to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe despite intense lobbying by Washington.

Indonesian Foreign Affairs official Imron Cotan told a United States embassy official in Jakarta that his country wanted to see the situation in Zimbabwe resolved peacefully and was reluctant to take any action that might upset ongoing negotiations between the government and the opposition.

The US embassy official had told Cotan that there was no meaningful dialogue between the government of Zimbabwe and the Movement for Democratic Change.

A strong resolution by the United Nations would therefore press the Mugabe regime to negotiate seriously.

The US had upped the pressure after President Robert Mugabe had gone on with the elections despite the pulling out of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai a week before the elections because of increased violence.

The embassy official said Tsvangirai had written to the United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon expressing support for the draft resolution.

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